TY - JOUR
T1 - A guide to utilization of the microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of infectious diseases
T2 - 2013 Recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
AU - Baron, Ellen Jo
AU - Miller, J. Michael
AU - Weinstein, Melvin P.
AU - Richter, Sandra S.
AU - Gilligan, Peter H.
AU - Thomson, Richard B.
AU - Bourbeau, Paul
AU - Carroll, Karen C.
AU - Kehl, Sue C.
AU - Dunne, W. Michael
AU - Robinson-Dunn, Barbara
AU - Schwartzman, Joseph D.
AU - Chapin, Kimberle C.
AU - Snyder, James W.
AU - Forbes, Betty A.
AU - Patel, Robin
AU - Rosenblatt, Jon E.
AU - Pritt, Bobbi S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Potential conflicts of interest. For activities outside the submitted work, E. J. B. is an employee and has stock options with Cepheid, serves on the Board of NanoMR and Immunosciences, has stock in Immunosciences, and has received payment for lectures/speakers bureaus from bioMeriuex, Pfizer, Hardy and others. She has received royalties for work on Infectious Diseases Alert and receives payment for teaching at Stanford. J. M. M. has received royalties from American Society of Microbiology for the 1999 Book on Specimen Management that is outside the submitted work. M. P. W. has received royalties from UpToDate and payment for consultancies from Rempex, Accelerate Diagnostics, and PDL Biopharma for activities unrelated to this work. His institution has received payment for his consultancies with Pfizer and has received grants/pending grants from JMI Labs, BD Diagnostics, Siemens and Biomerieux that are all outside the submitted work. S. S. R. is employed by the Clevland Clinic and her institution has received grants/grants pending from Nanosphere, bioMerieux, Forest Laboratories and Procared. She has received payment for lectures/speakers bureaus from the University of Texas Health Science Center, Northeast Ohio Infectious Diseases Group, Cinicinnati Microbiology Network, South Central Association for Clinical Microbiology and bioMerieux. She has also received payment for travel/accommodations from the College of American Pathologists and the American Society for Microbiology. All activities are outside of the submitted work. P. H. G. has received payment from Bea-conLBS for consultancies and from SEACM, Alere, First Coast ID conference, American Society for Microbiology, Infectious Disease Society for America, Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the American Society for Microbiology for lectures/speakers bureaus. He has received royalties from American Society of Microbiology and his institution has received payments from various law firms for his expert testimony and grants/pending grants from NIH. All activities are outside the submitted work. R. B. T. has received payment from IDSA for travel to meetings in support of this activity. His institution has received grants/grants pending from Nanosphere, Inc. and Cepheid both are outside the submitted work. P. B. is employed by BD Diagnostics which is outside the submitted work. K. C. Carroll serves on the scientific advisory boards of Quidel Biosciences, Inc and NanoMR, Inc. and her institution has grants/grants pending from Nanosphere, Inc., Biofire, Inc and AdvanDx. She has received payment for lectures/speakers bureaus from the NYC Branch of ASM and royalties from McGraw-Hill. All activities are outside the submitted work. S. C. K. received payment from Meridian Bioscience for the development of educational presentations that are outside the submitted work. W. M. D. has received payment from IDSA for travel to meetings in support of this activity. He is employed by bioMerieux, Inc., which is outside the submitted work. B. R. D. is employed by Beaumont Health System and has received payment for lectures/workshops and travel/accommodations from the American Society of Microbiology for activities outside the submitted work. J. D. S. is employed by Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Geisel School of Medicine, which is unrelated to the submitted work. For activities outside the submitted work, K. C. Chapin serves on the Board of ThermoFischer, her institution has received grants/grants pending from BD Diagnostics, Biofire and Hologic and she has received payment for lectures/speakers bureaus for BD Diagnostics and Hologic. J. W. S. has received payment from IDSA for travel to meetings in support of this activity. He has also received support for lectures/speakers bureaus outside the submitted work from: Bellarmine University, Becton Dickinson and Great Basin Corp. He has also received payment for his consultancies to Jewish Hospital, Louisville, KY and Floyd Memorial Hospital, New Albany, IN and royalties from Taylor Francis and his institution has received grants/pending grants from NIH, all outside the submitted work. For activities outside the submitted work, B. A. F. has received payment for lectures/speakers bureaus and travel/accommodations from the American Society of Microbiology and royalties and travel/accommodations from Elsevier. R. P. is employed by Mayo Clinic and her institution has grants/pending grants from the following: Pfizer, Pradama, Pocared, Astellas, Tornier, NIH. She and her institution have patents and receive royalties from Bordetella pertussis/parapertussis PCR and she has received payments for travel/acommodations from ASM, IDSA, ISAAR and APCCMI and for her role as Editor of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. All activities are outside the submitted work. J. E. R. has received royalties from Roche Diagnostics that are outside the submitted work. B. S. P.’s institution has received payment from the College of American Pathologists for lectures/speakers bureaus and travel/accommodations that are outside the submitted work.
PY - 2013/8/15
Y1 - 2013/8/15
N2 - The critical role of the microbiology laboratory in infectious disease diagnosis calls for a close, positive working relationship between the physician and the microbiologists who provide enormous value to the health care team. This document, developed by both laboratory and clinical experts, provides information on which tests are valuable and in which contexts, and on tests that add little or no value for diagnostic decisions. Sections are divided into anatomic systems, including Bloodstream Infections and Infections of the Cardiovascular System, Central Nervous System Infections, Ocular Infections, Soft Tissue Infections of the Head and Neck, Upper Respiratory Infections, Lower Respiratory Tract infections, Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Intraabdominal Infections, Bone and Joint Infections, Urinary Tract Infections, Genital Infections, and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections; or into etiologic agent groups, including Tickborne Infections, Viral Syndromes, and Blood and Tissue Parasite Infections. Each section contains introductory concepts, a summary of key points, and detailed tables that list suspected agents; the most reliable tests to order; the samples (and volumes) to collect in order of preference; specimen transport devices, procedures, times, and temperatures; and detailed notes on specific issues regarding the test methods, such as when tests are likely to require a specialized laboratory or have prolonged turnaround times. There is redundancy among the tables and sections, as many agents and assay choices overlap. The document is intended to serve as a reference to guide physicians in choosing tests that will aid them to diagnose infectious diseases in their patients.
AB - The critical role of the microbiology laboratory in infectious disease diagnosis calls for a close, positive working relationship between the physician and the microbiologists who provide enormous value to the health care team. This document, developed by both laboratory and clinical experts, provides information on which tests are valuable and in which contexts, and on tests that add little or no value for diagnostic decisions. Sections are divided into anatomic systems, including Bloodstream Infections and Infections of the Cardiovascular System, Central Nervous System Infections, Ocular Infections, Soft Tissue Infections of the Head and Neck, Upper Respiratory Infections, Lower Respiratory Tract infections, Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Intraabdominal Infections, Bone and Joint Infections, Urinary Tract Infections, Genital Infections, and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections; or into etiologic agent groups, including Tickborne Infections, Viral Syndromes, and Blood and Tissue Parasite Infections. Each section contains introductory concepts, a summary of key points, and detailed tables that list suspected agents; the most reliable tests to order; the samples (and volumes) to collect in order of preference; specimen transport devices, procedures, times, and temperatures; and detailed notes on specific issues regarding the test methods, such as when tests are likely to require a specialized laboratory or have prolonged turnaround times. There is redundancy among the tables and sections, as many agents and assay choices overlap. The document is intended to serve as a reference to guide physicians in choosing tests that will aid them to diagnose infectious diseases in their patients.
KW - Medical laboratories
KW - Microbiology testing
KW - Physician-laboratory communication
KW - Specimen processing
KW - laboratory diagnosis
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U2 - 10.1093/cid/cit441
DO - 10.1093/cid/cit441
M3 - Article
C2 - 23845951
AN - SCOPUS:84880939599
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 57
SP - 485
EP - 488
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
IS - 4
ER -